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For next weeks debate, his super pac has advised him to take a hammer to Vivek Ramaswamy but defend trump if trump is attacked by chris christie. Here was some reaction after Fulton County d. A. Fani willis indicted trump and 18 codefendants for state rico violations. South carolina senator tim scott said this. We see the legal system being weaponized against political opponents. That is unamerican and unacceptable. Vivek ramaswamy said that should he become president , he would pardon trump. Th...

He faces legal peril from prosecutors, the stronger his standing among republicans, which is no doubt why his gop rivals largely avoid confronting him for the 91 Felony Counts he faces. Its why in Ron Desantiss prep for next weeks debate, his super pac has advised him to take a hammer to Vivek Ramaswamy but defend trump if trump is attacked by chris christie. Here was some reaction after Fulton County d. A. Fani willis indicted trump and 18 codefendants for state rico violations. South carolina ...

Importance of fani willis indictments as being from a state, not federal prosecutor, because they would not be subject to a pardon should trump or another republican president try to give one. this begs an interesting question. is it the prosecutors role to worry about the issue of pardons when deciding to bring charges? cnn senior analyst ellie honig raises this point in a piece on his website, the problem with pardon proofing, and hes here to discuss. should a prosecutor, someone in your old r...

Worry about the issue of pardons when deciding to bring charges? the problem with pardon proofing, should a prosecutor, someone in your old role, ever worry this defendant may get pardoned and then act accordingly? >> michael, fani williss d.a. prompted me to think in depth about that question. my answer is, no, i dont think its proper or appropriate for prosecutors to worry about trying to counteract or prevent pardons. i base that on two principles. the first one is the constitution. the u.s. ...

That defines this moment with legal and political history. telling the court, quote, all of this appeared to reflect his ongoing contempt for and the belief that he has the right to manipulate these proceedings and the court order did not apply to him. all of this was a problem for me, because court is one of those places where facts still matter. and prosecutors in manhattan apparently another place where facts and crimes still matter, effectively pardon-proofing manaforts sentence, moments aft...

Usually when youre dealing with a defendant, youre trying to convince that defendant its in their best interest to cooperate. you talk about this is the sentence youre facing, this is the likelihood youre going to get convicted, this is why youre going to cooperate and plead guilty. >> like a come to jesus moment. >> exactly. when theres a pardon, that makes that conversation almost impossible. and i think thats why we assume one of the reasons paul manaforts cooperation agreement blew up specta...